These are 2 builds that I have put together from reading the boards and doing some research. Any input will/would be helpful. Looking to try and get about 5 years out of the system before I need to update again. As I was able to squeeze 6 years out of this system that I have now. ANTEC NINE HUNDRED STEEL MID-TOWER ATX BLACK NO PS Bays:9/0/0/USB/1394 4 FANs 52553 THERMALTAKE W0117RU *** 750W ATX 2.2 Metal PFC/Auto Ranging PS 50785 INTEL BOXDP45SG SKT775 ATX DDR3 1333 (4/16) PCI-E X16x2 PCIx3 INTEL P45 1333FSB A&GBL 73012 Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz INTEL SKT775 12MB Cache Retail W/ Heatsink Fan 68204 CRUCIAL CT25664BA1339 2GB DDR3 1333 Non-ECC 240-pin DIMM PC3 10600 74506 (X2) SAMSUNG SH-S223Q/BEBS Internal SATA DVD+/-RW BLACK 22X DVD Burner LIGHTSCRIBE BUFFER BULK w/Software 77510 ATI-SAPPHIRE 100259L ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB PCI-Express DDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Retail 78903 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5 (X2) Already have the harddrives brought them over a year agao and have yet to use them. Or this one ANTEC NINE HUNDRED STEEL MID-TOWER ATX BLACK NO PS Bays:9/0/0/USB/1394 4 FANs 52553 THERMALTAKE W0117RU *** 750W ATX 2.2 Metal PFC/Auto Ranging PS 50785 ASUS P6T SKT1366 ATX DDR3 2000 (6/12) PCI-E X16x3 PCIx2 INTEL X58 6400MTs A&GBL 78891 Core_I7 920 Extreme 2.66GHz INTEL SKT1366 8MB Cache Retail W/Heatsink Fan 76627 CRUCIAL CT12864BA1339 1GB DDR3 1333 Non-ECC 240-pin DIMM PC3 10600 77333 (X3) SAMSUNG SH-S223Q/BEBS Internal SATA DVD+/-RW BLACK 22X DVD Burner LIGHTSCRIBE BUFFER BULK w/Software 77510 ATI-SAPPHIRE 100259L ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB PCI-Express DDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Retail 78903 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5 (X2) Already have the harddrives brought them over a year agao and have yet to use them. I will be running XP Pro SP2 on both config's Both are around the $1200 usd mark.
One of the system was below 1200 and the other was over 1200. I am try to stay around the 1200 dollar mark. For the extra cost of the 4890 verses the 4870, and the differences in the specs..to me I couldn't see where it was worth the extra cost of 100 dollars. But I did upgrade to the 1 gig 4870 for an extra 30. Also I decreased the power sluppy down to 650 and saved 90 dollars there. This is what I went with. ANTEC NINE HUNDRED STEEL MID-TOWER ATX BLACK NO PS Bays:9/0/0/USB/1394 4 FANs 52553 ANTEC EA-650 *** 650W ATX V2.2 R1 Metal EarthWatts PS 68792 ASUS P6T SKT1366 ATX DDR3 2000 (6/12) PCI-E X16x3 PCIx2 INTEL X58 6400MTs A&GBL 78891 Core_I7 920 Extreme 2.66GHz INTEL SKT1366 8MB Cache Retail W/Heatsink Fan 76627 CRUCIAL CT12864BA1067 1GB DDR3 1066 Non-ECC 240-pin DIMM PC3 8500 77918 (X3) SAMSUNG SH-S223Q/BEBS Internal SATA DVD+/-RW BLACK 22X DVD Burner LIGHTSCRIBE BUFFER BULK w/Software 77510 ATI-SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL ATI Radeon HD4870 .1GB PCI-Express DDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Retail 77393 Cost $1223 More then likely I could of gotten it a little cheaper if I had assemblied it myself but having it assemblied and burned in and getting a 3 year warranty was woth the extra money. Not having to deal with returns and 30 days warranty that is on most everything. Again thank you all for your input.
One of the system was below 1200 and the other was over 1200. I am try to stay around the 1200 dollar mark. For the extra cost of the 4890 verses the 4870, and the differences in the specs..to me I couldn't see where it was worth the extra cost of 100 dollars. But I did upgrade to the 1 gig 4870 for an extra 30. Also I decreased the power sluppy down to 650 and saved 90 dollars there. This is what I went with. ANTEC NINE HUNDRED STEEL MID-TOWER ATX BLACK NO PS Bays:9/0/0/USB/1394 4 FANs 52553 ANTEC EA-650 *** 650W ATX V2.2 R1 Metal EarthWatts PS 68792 ASUS P6T SKT1366 ATX DDR3 2000 (6/12) PCI-E X16x3 PCIx2 INTEL X58 6400MTs A&GBL 78891 Core_I7 920 Extreme 2.66GHz INTEL SKT1366 8MB Cache Retail W/Heatsink Fan 76627 CRUCIAL CT12864BA1067 1GB DDR3 1066 Non-ECC 240-pin DIMM PC3 8500 77918 (X3) SAMSUNG SH-S223Q/BEBS Internal SATA DVD+/-RW BLACK 22X DVD Burner LIGHTSCRIBE BUFFER BULK w/Software 77510 ATI-SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL ATI Radeon HD4870 .1GB PCI-Express DDR5 Dual DVI HDTV Retail 77393 Cost $1223 More then likely I could of gotten it a little cheaper if I had assemblied it myself but having it assemblied and burned in and getting a 3 year warranty was woth the extra money. Not having to deal with returns and 30 days warranty that is on most everything. Again thank you all for your input.rtullery
Oh, I didn't know that it was prebuilt. If you bought it yourself there is only about a £ 50 difference between the 4870 1gb and 4890 1gb.
Sorry about the misunderstanding, I guess it is a prebuilt. Just looked at it as a custom built becasue I picked all the componets out. Then they checked compatability, assemble and threw in a 3 year warrenety to boot. And for the monitor I went with a ViewSonic VX2433wm
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